Death cap mushrooms are back in the news. Amanita phalloides has once again been linked to poisonings, this time lacing beef Wellingtons served at a family meal in Leongatha, Australia, which resulted ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the enigmatic ...
California health officials have issued a statewide warning after at least 21 mushroom poisoning cases and one death were ...
Last month, the California Poison Control System reported 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning linked to wild, foraged mushrooms.
It’s mushroom season in many parts of Australia. Between April and about June, the cooler and wetter weather are the perfect conditions for mushrooms to grow in the wild. In Tasmania and parts of ...